Algebra
Algebra of complex numbers, addition,
multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and
principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric
interpretations.
Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations
between roots and coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given
roots, symmetric functions of roots.
Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic
progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite
arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series, sums of
squares and cubes of the first and natural numbers.
Logarithms and their
properties
Permutations and combination, Binomial theorem for a
positive integral index, properties of binomial coefficients.
Matrices as
a rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition,
multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a matrix,
determinant of a square matrix of order up to three, inverse of a square matrix
of order up to three, properties of these matrix operations, diagonal, symmetric
and skew-symmetric matrices and their properties, solutions of simultaneous
linear equations in two or three variables.
Addition and multiplication
rules of probability, conditional probability, independence of events,
computation of probability of events using permutations and
combination.
Trigonometry
Trigonometric functions, their periodicity
and graphs, addition and subtraction formulae, formulae involving multiple and
sub-multiple angles, general solution of trigonometric
equations.
Relations between sides and angles of a triangle, sine rule,
cosine rule, half-angle formula and the area of a triangle, inverse
trigonometric functions (principal value only).
Analytical
geometry
Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between
two points, section formulae, shift of origin.
Equation of a straight
line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point from a line.
Lines through the point of intersection of two given lines, equation of the
bisector of the angle between two lines, concurrency of lines, centroid,
orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre of a triangle.
Equation of a
circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and
chord.
Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a
straight line or a circle, equation of a circle through the points of
intersection of two circles and those of a circle and a straight
line.
Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form,
their foci, directrices and eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of
tangent and normal.
Locus Problems.
Three dimensions: Direction
cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in space, equation of
a plane, distance of a point from a plane.
Differential calculus
Real valued
functions of a real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions, sum,
difference, product and quotient of two functions, composite functions, absolute
value, polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic
functions.
Limit and continuity of a function, limit and continuity of
the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, l'Hospital rule of
evaluation of limits of functions.
Even and odd functions, inverse of a
function, continuity of composite functions, intermediate value property of
continuous functions.
Derivative of a function, derivative of the sum,
difference, product and quotient of two functions, chain rule, derivatives of
polynomial, rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and
logarithmic functions.
Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up
to order two, geometrical interpretation of the derivative, tangents and
normals, increasing and decreasing functions, maximum and minimum values of a
function, applications of Rolle's Theorem and Lagrange's Mean Value
Theorem.
Integral
calculus
Integration as the inverse process of differentiation,
indefinite integrals of standard functions, definite integrals and their
properties, application of the Fundamental Theorem of Integral
Calculus.
Integration by parts, integration by the methods of
substitution and partial fractions, application of definite integrals to the
determination of areas involving simple curves.
Formation of ordinary
differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential equations,
variables separable method, linear first order differential
equations.
Vectors
Addition of vectors, scalar multiplication,
scalar products, dot and cross products, scalar triple products and their
geometrical interpretations.